Grigory Mikhailovich Semenov (Семёнов, Григорий Михайлович in Russian) (September 13(25), 1890 – August 30, 1946), leader of the counterrevolution in the Baikal region and beyond in 1917-1920, Lieutenant General (1919). September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A counterrevolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part. ... Lake Baikal The Yenisei River basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Lake Baikal (Russian: О́зеро Байка́л (Ozero Baykal)), a lake in southern Siberia, Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast on the northwest and Buryatia on the southeast, near Irkutsk. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Semenov graduated from Orenburg Military School in 1911. He took part in the World War I and became an yesaul. In July of 1917, Semenov was appointed Commissar of the Provisional Government in the Baikal region, responsible for recruiting counterrevolutionary volunteer military units. After the October Revolution, Semenov stirred up an anti-Soviet rebellion (see Semenov Rebellion), but sustained a defeat and fled to Manchuria. In August of 1918, he managed to consolidate his positions in the Baikal region with the help of the Czech Legion and impose his ruthless regime (see Semenovschina). The so-called Siberian Provisional Government appointed Semenov commander of a detached unit with the headquarters in Chita. Initially, Admiral Kolchak refused to recognize Semenov's authority, but later he would have to accept this fact at the insistence of the interventionists and appoint Semenov Commander-in-Chief of the Chita military district. In the early 1919, Semenov declared himself Ataman of the Baikal Cossacks with the support from the Japanese. Orenburg (Оренбу́рг) is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast in the Volga Federal District of Russia. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Yesaul (Turkic: yasaul=chief; Russian: есау́л), a post and a rank in the Cossack units. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Commissar (комисса́р) was an official title used in post-revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. ... A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime. ... Recruit (from the French recrue, from the verb recroître to grow again, i. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Soviet redirects here. ... A rebellion is, in the most general sense, a refusal to accept authority. ... Extent according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: ; literally east-north) and Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: ) are names of a vast region in Northeast Asia. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Czech Legion, also called Czech-Slovak Legion was an armed force attached to the Russian army during the World War I. It played a prominent role in the Russian Civil War. ... Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting all of northern Asia. ... Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Chita (Russian: Чита́) is a city in Russia, and functions as the administrative center of Chita Oblast in eastern Siberia. ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... Admiral Kolchak Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак in Russian) (November 4 (November 16 NS), 1874 – February 7, 1920) was a Russian naval commander and later head of part of the anti-Bolshevik White forces during the Russian Civil War. ... A planned economy is an economic system in which economic decisions are made by centralized planners, who determine what sorts of goods and services to produce, and how they are to be priced and allocated. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... Military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг (voyenny okrug)) is a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. ... Hetman (from Czech: hejtman, German: Hauptmann, Turkish: Ataman) was the title of the second highest military commander (after the monarch) used in 15th to 18th century Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1568 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... Baikal Cossacks were cossacks of the Transbaikal Cossack Host (Russian: Забайкальское казачье войско), a Cossack host formed in 1851 in the areas beyond Lake Baikal (hence, Transbaikal). ...

Due to the defeat of the White movement, Admiral Kolchak transferred his power to Semenov in the Far East. In November of 1920, the units of the People's Revolurionary Army and guerrillas ousted Semenov's army from the Baikal region and beyond. After having retreated to Primorye, Semenov tried to continue fighting the Soviets, but was finally forced to emigrate in September of 1921. The White movement, whose military arm is known as the White Army (Белая Армия) or White Guard (Белая Гвардия, белогвардейцы) and whose members are known as Whites (Белые, or the derogatory Беляки) or White Russians (a term which has other meanings) comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the... Far East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Distinguish from the type of ape called a gorilla. ... The Primorsky Krai (Russian: Примо́рский край), also known as Primorye (Примо́рье), is one of Russias 89 federal subjects (also referred to as members of the Federation). Krai is a term used to refer to several of Russias administrative units. ... Emigration is the action and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Semenov lived in Korea, Japan and Northern China. He had ties with the Japanese intelligence and, being a leader of the White emigrants of the Far East, was in charge of their anti-Soviet activities. In September of 1945, Semenov was captured by the Soviet Army in Manchuria and sentenced to death by hanging by the Military Board of the Supreme Court of the USSR. For other places called Korea, see: Korea (disambiguation) Korea (한국/韓國, ì¡°ì„ /朝鮮) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the northwest and Russia to the north. ... Intelligence has two different common meanings : Intelligence (trait) Animal intelligence Artificial intelligence Intelligence (information gathering) Business intelligence Military espionage This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Emigration is the action and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... Hanging is a form of execution, or a method for suicide. ...